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From: "William Hurst" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] DNAPrint & CODIS DNA test used to solve the crime
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 12:19:05 -0400
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I wonder how many people are reluctant to take one of the genealogy-DNA
tests because in the back of their mind they don't want their DNA in some
database. We may know the differences between the various tests, but try to
explain them to some cousin who doesn't want to spend the money in the first
place. So now we have seen the first forensic use of the DNAPrint test; when
will some police investigator want to check a Y-DNA database to see if the
perp was a Kerchner or a Hurst? Bill H.

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